Rajasthan Royals' (RR) high-profile batter Jos Buttler belted yet another blistering fifty to reign supreme on summit of the Orange Cap list. He struck a blistering 67 off 52 against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Saturday (April 30), however RR lost the match by five wickets. With this Buttler has so far amassed 566 runs in as many as nine matches. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper KL Rahul is behind him at second place, with 374 runs. Gujarat Titans' Hardik Pandya had a rare failure with the bat, but managed to stay third in the run charts with 308 runs.
Meanwhile MI's young gun Tilak Varma has surged to fourth after his impressive knock of 35 against RR. Varma and fifth-placed Shikhar Dhawan both have 307 runs to their names so far. Surayakumar Yadav plunged to sixth place as he has so far mustered 290 runs in as many as seven matches.
GT batter David Miller is the new entrant in the top-10 batter's list as he grabbed tenth spot with 276 runs in a total of nine matches.
Let's have a look at the top-10 batters who are continuing their foray into the Orange Cap race:
Player | Team | Match | Run | Highest | Average | Strike Rate | 100 | 50 |
Jos Buttler | Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 566 | 116 | 70.75 | 155.06 | 3 | 3 |
KL Rahul | Lucknow Super Giants | 9 | 374 | 103* | 53.43 | 143.84 | 2 | 1 |
Hardik Pandya | Gujarat Titans | 8 | 308 | 87* | 51.33 | 135.68 | 0 | 3 |
Tilak Varma | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 307 | 61 | 43.86 | 137.05 | 0 | 2 |
Shikhar Dhawan | Punjab Kings | 9 | 307 | 88* | 38.38 | 126.33 | 0 | 2 |
Suryakumar Yadav | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 290 | 68* | 48.33 | 147.20 | 0 | 3 |
Shreyas Iyer | Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | 290 | 85 | 36.25 | 137.44 | 0 | 2 |
Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 285 | 75 | 35.63 | 131.33 | 0 | 2 |
Faf Du Plessis | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 10 | 278 | 96 | 27.80 | 125.79 | 0 | 2 |
David Miller | Gujarat Titans | 9 | 276 | 94* | 69.00 | 150.81 | 0 | 1 |